President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning to reimplement Title 42, a border restriction used to block migrants from entering the United States due to public health concerns—but are still searching for the right disease to justify the policy.

Donald Trump is planning to seal off the US-Mexican border by invoking public health emergency powers, a report has claimed. The President-elect's advisers have spent months searching for diseases that would allow them to justify closing the border using Title 42,

The president-elect’s advisers have spent months searching for a disease that will allow them to justify closing the border using emergency health powers, The New York Times reports. Mr Trump apparently intends to invoke Title 42,

A mix of good-natured humor and horror took over social media Thursday after reports emerged that President-elect Donald Trump’s team has been on the hunt for a disease they can use as a springboard to seal the border.